A Montana criminal defense blog.

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The votes have been counted and the winners have been named in the first annual Public Defender Blogger Awards. Congrats to all the winners and thanks to PD blog readers everywhere for making this blog a runner-up in the category of “Best Title of a Blog That Reflects Something About The Job.”

Thanks to everyone who has visited this site thanks to the link on the PD Blog Guide. So far Sitemeter says we’ve had visitors from Helena, Livingston, and Florence, Montana, as well as a number of visits from around the country. Welcome to everyone!

As the “about” page indicates, we’re still figuring out exactly what we’re doing here, but we’re happy to see visitors and we welcome your comments and suggestions. In fact, here’s a question for you: How does a defense attorney keep up w/his workload and still find time to blog?

UPDATE: A special welcome also to members of MTACDL who visited from Missoula, Worden, Lolo, Havre, Florence, Fort Harrison, Whitefish, Billings, and Ronan, Montana. Again, if there’s anything you’d like to see here, let us know!

Welcome to Fight ‘Em ‘Til We Can’t, a new blog about criminal defense practice in Montana. We hope to keep you up-to-date on the latest opinions and topics of interest in world of the Montana criminal defense bar. In time, we hope this site will become both a resource for criminal defense practitioners, as well as a place to network and discuss legal issues and trends affecting the practice of criminal defense in the state. Readers and participants from outside Montana are also welcome, of course!
We’re still figuring out how this is going to work, so your input will be greatly appreciated. If you have suggestions or comments, please leave a comment here or let us know via email.

Judge Susan Watters set bail at $5,000 after rejecting a request that he be released without bail. Public defender Richard Phillips, who made the request, said Mullins had been receiving mental-health counseling. @.

Sampson argued that the high bond sought by prosecutors was “disproportionate” to the allegations and “simply more fuel to the emotional fire.” She asked the judge to consider releasing Victoria to the custody of his parents, who attended the hearing, or an aunt who lives in Billings. @.

Stearns was represented in court by public defender Carl Jensen, who tried to persuade McKittrick not to impose a life sentence because Stearns is appealing his Ravalli County conviction to the Montana Supreme Court. ⇒

NJ: The former head of the Hudson County Public Defender's Office was expected to be sworn in last night as an Essex County Superior Court judge in a ceremony in Newark. ⇒Crazy. I can't see anything like this ever happening here...

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